"I love paradoxes, parables, koans, aphorisms, fables, Secrets of Adulthood, and teaching stories of all kinds.
A while ago, I posted about the “one-coin problem.” This is my phrase to describe what’s also known as “the argument of the growing heap”:
“If ten coins are not enough to make a man rich, what if you add one coin? What if you add another? Finally, you will have to say that no one can be rich unless one coin can make him so.”
Once I started looking for it, I began to notice the one-coin problem popping up in all sorts of places–in my own head, and in what other people say to me."
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When we consider our actions, often it’s true that any one instance of an action is almost meaningless, yet at the same time, a sum of those actions is very meaningful. Whether we focus on the single coin, or the growing heap, will shape our behavior.
Do You Make Excuses For Yourself Based on the “One-Coin Argument”? I Do. — by Gretchen Rubin
https://www.positivelypositive.com/2018 ... nt-i-do-2/
